The best restaurants and bars in east London, chosen by chef Merlin Labron-Johnson

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Merlin Labron-Johnson of Portland and Clipstone restaurants says that the katsu sandwich at Bright restaurant is 'all the rage', and tends to head to The Laughing Heart after service for the late night menu

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Chef Merlin Labron-Johnson gained a Michelin star at his restaurant Portland at the age of 24, just nine months after opening.

The sister restaurant, Clipstone (also in Fitzrovia), opened in 2016. He now also oversees The Restaurant and Terrace on the fourth floor of The Conduit, a new member’s club in Mayfair, as executive chef.

Here, he shares some of his favourite haunts in and around his own stomping ground in east London...

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